Record Number: 12276
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Almanzor is as fresh in my memory, as if I had visitted his Tombe but Yesterday, though it bee at least seven yeare agon since. . . . I made his Story such a one to mee, as I cryed an hower together for him, and was so angry with Alcidiana that for my life I could never love her after it.'
Century:1600-1699
Date:Between 1 Jan 1640 and 31 Dec 1647
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:county: Bedfordshire
specific address: Chicksands Priory
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:1627
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:n/a
Religion:Anglican
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Almansor the Learned and Victorious King that Conquered Spaine, His Life and Death
Genre:Fiction, Autobiog / Diary
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1627; translation of a Spanish romance by a fictional Arabian author, Ali Abencufian.
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:12276
Source:Dorothy Osborne
Editor:Kenneth Parker
Title:Letters to Sir William Temple
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1987
Vol:n/a
Page:62
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Dorothy Osborne, Kenneth Parker (ed.), Letters to Sir William Temple (London, 1987), p. 62, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=12276, accessed: 02 May 2024
Additional Comments:
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